Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-21
THU Hotel FIRE
SEARCHING THE RUIES FOR BODIES.
The Horrible Condition and Suffering Of the
WGmdei.

10 TIC question OF HO~ HAD. NIX
killed." only an indefinite reply can he
made.
The number ofactually known TO be
dead and missing IL nine, but the condition
of ten more OF the sarviVoS DOW lodged
Al the hospitals ans at their homes, must
be looked upon a. precariOus, and time
only will decide whether they are 10 ne
numbered with the living or the dead.
The surviving victims, whose names fol-
low, in the hospital list, are more or less
Frustrated by the shock OF the disaster,
from which some will rally who have Wig
uroas constitutions, But could one see the
sufferers swathed in lint and cotton band
ages, moaning with the intense agony OF
their seorched and calcined flesh, he
would number the horrors Of the fire al
4 greater total than the death list. Some
will lose the flesh from their hands and
ieet. and amputatiOn viii be unavoidable.
If Py.emia does not then ensue, II Will lie
miraculous.
The following are the known dead:
Wilson Purcell. 4 resident broker for
merry with L &. Dun & Co; Kate Vol,
q servant at the Richmond; Henry y.
| RumSey. Of New York. died at l:45 o'clock
this morning at the Fitch Accident Hos
pital, He would have escaped with slight
injuries had he not gone back to save ht'!e
( Jennie Mann.
The list of missing who are believed 10
have persisted Is as follows:
Mark +. Osborne, day clerk al the Rich
! mOnd: Katie Kent, a servant; Mary Welch.
4 servant: J. l.. Acker. \ Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western railroad official, of
, Scranton; Minnie Kelly, 4 servant; Hiram
Benedict. Jr.. son of Hiram Benedict, oil
the Buffalo Lubricating Oil Company.
The following are those still at the hos
pitfalls and their condition:
At the Sisters Hospital-Mary Nolan,
| servant: badly burned about lace, hands,
feet: Maggie Mulrach, servant: face, neck
and breast burned: Fanny Harvey, a ser
want, burned about face, hands and feet;
q. +. M-ichaels, commercial Traveller, ankle
S2rained and had confusion Of face, caused
by fall. st the General HOSpital-Nellie
Welch. servant, burned about face and
hands: Minnie Neller, servant; face and
hands burned: Mrs. Kate Pierce, servant;
hadlv burned: Clinton Bidwvll, resident
agent for the Dupont Powder Company
seriously burned; Matthew shannon,
hou~eman At the Richmond, badly burned.
A. the Fitch Accident Hospital-FrrGer-
lex X. Moore. Cleveland. severely burned
Wm. \. Havene. Helena, Mont, Chief
Engineer of the Northern Pacific. seriously
burned about face, hands and feet; Edwin
4. Finck. Scranton. Pa, painful burns
about feet. hands and face: c. VI. DuBolS.
general a-rut OF Commercial Insurance
Co. Syracuse. severe burns cover almost
bis whole body; Jacob Kahn, 81
New York, spine fractured by
fail: MARY White, h~Ou>ekeerer, pain
ful burns on arms and face. At liner
gency Ho,pital-BarTy Davis vii! luSe one
loot. if not his lite; Edward Wnrlau. tray
cling ~irSman: nj HE hangs by q thread
II. Is. Smith. insurance adiu>IeT. painfully
burned on legs, feet and hands: William j.
MaCkay. insurance agent. Niagara Rails,
injured hy idil.
In addition TO the above arr quite a
number OF injured who were taken to;helT
homes. At ll.Ta holy. supposed 10 be
the remains OF Mark Osborne, WAS taken
irOm the ruins.
THoRuJGH ISvESTIC AXIOM PROMISED.
Coroner Kenny Las ~empauclle3 a juryto:
representative citizens aud business men,
and SAYS he viii eudeavor 10 nave a
thorough / vestigatlon o! the Richmond
Hotel disaster.
The body Of Hemp y. Eumsey, of New
York. who died al ] 30 a. IN. Al the flIch
Hospital. was given in charge OF his broth
erin law. +. {. Edgagton, OF Font Wavne.
ana 4 friend, Edward Mead. u, OF New
York. The deceased was - wears old
and Was connected with the nitcd states
navy. His parents reside ~ santa r. y.
Nj. and bis wife and daughter at Font
Wayne, Ind, where the remains will ~
taken. lie has 4 sOn III the United States
navy stationed al Madeira.
Mr. Goodrich. Of New York. reported
missing. has been heard from Al Cleveland.
Ohio.
The following are DOW included amoog
the missing: Mr.. Johnson. of Toronto. a
railroad MAD. He was .~eIsa.l,d - missing
Yesterday, hut his name W. removed iron
he list, Is there was some dauh, of bis
bcing in the hotel. II i DOW believed he
VA. there.
Joseph SIyre, Of Enc, PA.
=. {. Pratt, Of Albany. The la: named
va- known 10 have bven Il The Eiehnguu
and h. not been lraul from since The lie
The police are Investigating the sta ding
report Of dcndi>l attempt 10 burn he
Williams block. At Virginia and oak
Is. occupied 10y about q doz-a differ
ent families. II now appears that one 90
the occupants sent her daughter into
the cellar 10 get q pail OF coal, ahont DIN
/ n-r time. TN the way the child noticed
the smell of smoke aud proceeding To the
coal bin found a pile Of kidding wood
/ pa-tlv saturated with kenoSsuc blazing
| rather bri>kly among the Goals. She with
other children who accompanied her sue
/ ce-!ed in putting out the fire, burning
their hands in doing il. The matter had
/ apparently been arranged and set "n nre
hv an inceudiary. who could only have
committed the deed q few moments before
tn discovery. Ther- are other rumors OF
similar iuceudlarv attempts.